Pierre Samuel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1921 |
| Died | 23 August 2009 (aged 87) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Known for | Ramanujam–Samuel theorem Hilbert–Samuel function |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Paris |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
| Doctoral students | Daniel Lazard Artibano Micali Christian Peskine Lucien Szpiro |
Pierre Samuel (12 September 1921[1] – 23 August 2009[2]) was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry. The two-volume work Commutative Algebra that he wrote with Oscar Zariski is a classic. Other books of his covered projective geometry and algebraic number theory.